The root words for Ihsan is ḥā sīn nūn (ح س ن), which occurs 194 times in the Quran.

Ihsan is defined as follows.

It comprises of four main components:

1: Sincerity (Ikhlas)

2: Completeness

3: Tastefulness (doing things in the best manner possible)

4: Correctness (doing things the right way).

This concept is translated by commentators and interpreters as “Excellence”. Being a comprehensive concept, the term Ihsan cannot be translated word by word because there is no word in the English language that gives its exact meaning.

Ihsan in the light of ahadith:

1: Prophet (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: “Indeed Allah has decreed Ihsan in everything. So … when you slaughter, then do the slaughtering well. Let one of you sharpen his blade, and let him comfort his animal (before slaughtering).” [Bukhari]

2: The man again asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) What is Ihsan (i.e. perfection or Benevolence)?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Ihsan is to worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you do not achieve this state of devotion, then (take it for granted that) Allah sees you.“

Exercise:

Do Ihsan on parents because Ihsan starts at home. Or pick any closest blood relation (siblings, children etc.). Do something extra for them and let us know after a week as to how you applied it in the comments below. Of course, you’d be doing this for the sake of Allah but sharing your idea will boost others to do the same in shaa Allaah (which is a sadaqa jaariyah for you).

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Samina Farooq is an engineer by qualification, a Quran and Arabic-language student by occupation, a photographer by eye, a writer by heart, an artist by nature and a Muslim by soul.
A mum of one is currently studying Intensive Arabic Program from Islamic Online University while also following Bayyinah institute's 'Arabic with Husna' classes, one baby step at a time.

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